diff --git a/gnu/packages/code.scm b/gnu/packages/code.scm
index f53f7dc9e3..72540c06ab 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/code.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/code.scm
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2013, 2015, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2023 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2013, 2015 Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015, 2018 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
-;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017, 2019-2023 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
+;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017, 2019-2024 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017, 2018 Clément Lassieur <clement@lassieur.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Andy Wingo <wingo@igalia.com>
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ features that are not supported by the standard @code{stdio} implementation.")
 (define-public universal-ctags
   (package
     (name "universal-ctags")
-    (version "6.0.20231001.0")
+    (version "6.1.20240218.0")
     (source
      (origin
        (method git-fetch)
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ features that are not supported by the standard @code{stdio} implementation.")
        (file-name (git-file-name name version))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "0qik6rsai254prydfx8k2bq7wpim3a272jiw1y37r734k4s9xbrb"))
+         "09cjlj7mq3s98x9zsg4slq86h1myixjxxqfnc0kglf2hnr9nrkf5"))
        (modules '((guix build utils)))
        (snippet
         '(begin